Bug 136400

Summary:	Confusing Libreoffice writer docx naming
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	tiberiurosca93
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	fitojb, vsfoote
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0.0.3 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108894
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Description tiberiurosca93 2020-09-02 11:42:49 UTC

Description:
Libreoffice released the version 7 which makes the compatibility with docx better, but the format name still is "word 2007-365". Which is confusing, nothing said that I had to use this format for the better compatibility mode of Libreoffice 7. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1.try to save a file
2.select the format and there it is the "word 2007-365 (docx)"
3.

Actual Results:
The format name is word 2007-365 which is confisung

Expected Results:
Should be less confusing


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
file format name is the same as libreoffice 6.4.5 and maybe older.

Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2020-09-02 12:26:19 UTC

The file format did not change (and will not, unless *Microsoft* changes that format). Why should its name change in LibreOffice dialog? This specific format should be improved - which happens constantly; which means *this specific format* should be created in a better way.

This is NOTABUG.

Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2020-09-02 13:29:33 UTC

Our default document formats are OpenDocument ODF--think of that as our native format. Anything else is an export/import "filter" as selected when converting--or as assigned when reopening an existing document.

The filter for Microsoft's current Word formats, as found in Office 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019, & Office 365 programs, is simply labeled: "Word 2007-365 (.docx)" -- last adjusted in [1].

As compared to the filters for: "Word 97-2003 (.doc)", or "Office Open XML (transitional) (.docx)"

Rather obvious and best description for the role these alternate/non-native format filters play. Self documenting in context with a look at the filter choices. No need to change. 

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[1] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=77ae0abe21f672cf4b7d2e069f1d40d20edc49a7

Comment 3 Telesto 2020-09-02 20:44:10 UTC

This simply a fact of misunderstanding/ communication issue. DOCX export has been optimized, but user expects a new file type ENHANCED comp-ability file format next to they (legacy) old version. Similar to "transitional" docx.

However the existing DOCX filter has been improved with 7.0. More or less an side-effect of communicating technical file format changes in the release notes to the general public.